Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

The Mining Technical Director for Autonomous Operations reports to the Director of Autonomous Operations, Americas and is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of Autonomous Operations within the mining sector.

• Work with Regional leadership and Digital COE to adopt and deploy vision and strategy in key markets.
• Manage a team with a focus on profit growth targets, talent development, and capability growth.
• Drive customer and market focus towards increased sales with growth targets. Strong doer/seller is critical.
• Collaborate and develop integrated offerings with Worley Consulting.
• Provide regional reporting to support pipeline growth and operational performance.
• Deliver short to mid‑term complex digital customer engagements, typically of multiple weeks duration, involving user requirements, solutioning, implementation, change management, value realization, and potential involvement of other digital practices or Worley Consulting practices.
• Lead and manage teams of varying size depending on scope, including full‑time employees, contractors, and global workshare team to execute activities and achieve targets.
• Close deals as a result of a customer engagement, navigating the client decision‑making process, involving and interacting with decision‑makers and influencers, and overseeing and preparing proposals and contracts.
• Accountable for specific success metrics, including sales targets, sales and project process compliance, and practice profit targets. Seek alternative commercial models to meet customer needs.
• Assist with sales pursuits, including sales meetings attendance, RFP responses, and short engagements to frame a client’s problem, plan, and sell an engagement.
• Strive for continuous improvement in all aspects and actively pursue opportunities to digitally enable practice operations.
• Attract, retain, and develop talent.

• Industry experience with process or mine automation as an owner, vendor, or system integrator in mining (underground, open pit, processing, is required.
• Experience with process automation (DCS / SCADA / PLC) of mining and/or processing plant infrastructure.
• AND one or more of the following is required: AHS/mobile fleet expertise, iROC engineering/implementation, Underground engineering experience.
• Program/Project management experience, focused on performance improvement and operations.
• Facilitating workshops, client discovery meetings, strategic advisory/consulting with clients.
• Driven, high energy, presence/gravitas, intelligent but practical, people person.
• Proven ability to attract, retain, and develop talent.
• Demonstrable experience with targeting and selling through networking.
• Able to interact and influence at any level of a client organization, including Executives and Staff.
• Able to think outside the box; innovative; flexible and decisive.
• Keeps informed on ongoing technological developments with a keen sense of when evolving technology is ready to be implemented at scale.
• Must have significant (10+ years) experience delivering projects involving application of Advanced Automation technologies and developing integrated multi‑technology solutions.
• Experience running a P&L; would be ideal; a robust understanding of P&L; fundamentals is sufficient.
• Willing to travel an average of 25‑30%.
• Excellent analytical and research skills, attention to detail, intellectual rigor.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Excellent business/commercial acumen and ability to relate to C‑Suite concerns and drive customer engagements.

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline (Electrical, Instrumentation, Computer Systems, Mechanical, or Chemical). Must be eligible to obtain a professional engineering licence where the role is based.
• MBA or Master’s degree preferred.

Salary (British Columbia) : CA $202,925 to CA $298,419. Variation based on qualifications, experience, location, internal equity, and market conditions.

Worley Consulting offers a comprehensive remuneration and benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment, and opportunities to develop your career prospects within Canada and overseas.